Charles Gounod's opera Romeo and Juliet included a version of Shakespeare's Queen Mab speech. In the summer of 2020, the Met Opera Global summer camp created a marvellous writing prompt - what does the Queen Mab speech inspire you to create? Here's what I found. When You Dream When you dream, don't imagine You're quite alone Expect the Night Queen, in her starry wrap and gaunt face, Swaying like cobwebs, dusty, shimmering Over night-time lids and liquid skin, And then you dream, of warm summers And warm butter, Of butterflies waltzing in creeks of light, Perhaps of witches, hair sweeping and reaching Towards the moon in ancient song. Broomsticks and cat fur brushing your hands Perhaps you see James Watson and Francis Crick Walking by the rushes of another pond, Daisies floating in the summer sun, When those two dreamed, with eyes intent, Of gypsy horns and twisted cells. Sometimes it's anger behind your eyes, Swirling and swelling in rhythms intense, Soon to be